Exodus 22

1 si quis furatus fuerit bovem aut ovem et occiderit vel vendiderit quinque boves pro uno bove restituet et quattuor oves pro una ove

“If anyone will have stolen an ox or a sheep, and if he kills it or sells it, then he will restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.

2 si effringens fur domum sive suffodiens fuerit inventus et accepto vulnere mortuus fuerit percussor non erit reus sanguinis

If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood.

3 quod si orto sole hoc fecerit homicidium perpetravit et ipse morietur si non habuerit quod pro furto reddat venundabitur

But if he did this when the sun was risen, he has perpetrated a homicide, and he shall die. If he does not have the means to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.

4 si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est vivens sive bos sive asinus sive ovis duplum restituet

If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double.

5 si laeserit quispiam agrum vel vineam et dimiserit iumentum suum ut depascatur aliena quicquid optimum habuerit in agro suo vel in vinea pro damni aestimatione restituet

If there is any damage to a field or a vineyard, when he has released his cattle to pasture on the land of a stranger, he shall repay the best of what he has in his own field, or in his own vineyard, according to the estimation of the damage.

6 si egressus ignis invenerit spinas et conprehenderit acervos frugum sive stantes segetes in agris reddet damnum qui ignem succenderit

If a fire will have been discovered departing from brush, and taking hold in stacks of grain, or in crops standing in the fields, whoever ignited the fire shall repay the damages.

7 si quis commendaverit amico pecuniam aut vas in custodiam et ab eo qui susceperat furto ablata fuerint si invenitur fur duplum reddet

If anyone will have entrusted money, or a container, to his friend to keep, and if these have been stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double.

8 si latet dominus domus adplicabitur ad deos et iurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui

If the thief is unknown, the lord of the house will be brought before the heavens to swear that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor,

9 ad perpetrandam fraudem tam in bove quam in asino et ove ac vestimento et quicquid damnum inferre potest ad deos utriusque causa perveniet et si illi iudicaverint duplum restituet proximo suo

so as to perpetrate any fraud, such as with an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, or clothing, nor to do anything that would be able to cause damage. The case of both shall be brought before the heavens. And if they give judgment against him, he shall repay double to his neighbor.

10 si quis commendaverit proximo suo asinum bovem ovem et omne iumentum ad custodiam et mortuum fuerit aut debilitatum vel captum ab hostibus nullusque hoc viderit

If anyone will have entrusted a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to the keeping of his neighbor, and it will have died, or become disabled, or have been captured by enemies, and no one saw it,

11 iusiurandum erit in medio quod non extenderit manum ad rem proximi sui suscipietque dominus iuramentum et ille reddere non cogetur

then there shall be an oath between them, that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor. And the owner shall accept the oath, and he will not be compelled to make restitution.

12 quod si furto ablatum fuerit restituet damnum domino

But if it will have been taken away by theft, he shall repay the damages to the owner.

13 si comestum a bestia deferet ad eum quod occisum est et non restituet

If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution.

14 qui a proximo suo quicquam horum mutuo postularit et debilitatum aut mortuum fuerit domino non praesente reddere conpelletur

If anyone borrows from his neighbor any of these things, and it has died or been disabled when the owner was not present, he shall be compelled to make restitution.

15 quod si inpraesentiarum fuit dominus non restituet maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui

But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had been brought for hired work.

16 si seduxerit quis virginem necdum desponsatam et dormierit cum ea dotabit eam et habebit uxorem

If a man has led astray a virgin not yet betrothed, and he has slept with her, he shall pay her dowry and have her as a wife.

17 si pater virginis dare noluerit reddet pecuniam iuxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consuerunt

If the father of the virgin is not willing to give her, he shall pay money according to manner of a dowry, which virgins are accustomed to receive.

18 maleficos non patieris vivere

You shall not permit practitioners of the black arts to live.

19 qui coierit cum iumento morte moriatur

Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.

20 qui immolat diis occidetur praeter Domino soli

Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed.

21 advenam non contristabis neque adfliges eum advenae enim et ipsi fuistis in terra Aegypti

You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

22 viduae et pupillo non nocebitis

You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

23 si laeseritis eos vociferabuntur ad me et ego audiam clamorem eorum

If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

24 et indignabitur furor meus percutiamque vos gladio et erunt uxores vestrae viduae et filii vestri pupilli

And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

25 si pecuniam mutuam dederis populo meo pauperi qui habitat tecum non urgues eum quasi exactor nec usuris opprimes

If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.

26 si pignus a proximo tuo acceperis vestimentum ante solis occasum redde ei

If you take a garment from your neighbor as a pledge, you shall return it to him again before the setting of the sun.

27 ipsum enim est solum quo operitur indumentum carnis eius nec habet aliud in quo dormiat si clamaverit ad me exaudiam eum quia misericors sum

For it is all that he has to cover himself, to clothe his body; nor does he have anything else in which to sleep. If he cries out to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.

28 diis non detrahes et principi populi tui non maledices

You shall not disparage the heavens, and you shall not speak evil of the leader of your people.

29 decimas tuas et primitias non tardabis offerre primogenitum filiorum tuorum dabis mihi

You shall not delay in paying your tithes and your first-fruits. You shall give the firstborn of your sons to me.

30 de bubus quoque et ovibus similiter facies septem diebus sit cum matre sua die octavo reddes illum mihi

You shall do likewise with those of the oxen and the sheep. For seven days, let it be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall repay it to me.

31 viri sancti eritis mihi carnem quae a bestiis fuerit praegustata non comedetis sed proicietis canibus

You shall be holy men for me. The flesh, from which beasts will have tasted, you shall not eat, but you will throw it to the dogs.”